T’Pol’s Book Club #6: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
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by The Crew
1w ago
“He met with a severe fall” from Wallace Goldsmith’s illustrations to Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost (1909). Is it logical to believe in ghosts? For most of our favorite Star Trek characters, I imagine the answer would be no. Starfleet officers are scientists, and it’s part of the job not to believe anything without proof. On the other hand, it’s also part of the job to admit that there are things we’ll never know. This tension between logic and mystery makes for fascinating ghost stories. Even if the “ghosts” are explained at the end of the episode as something more appropriate to sci ..read more
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Book Review: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko
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by The Crew
1M ago
“To everyone who is reclaiming their story and speaking their truth,” says the author’s dedication in The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko, and it’s a strikingly apt one. Several other Star Trek autobiographies show the “author” entrusting their story to a younger person, such as Spock to Picard, but for Benjamin Sisko, this framing device has a special significance. The book is presented as a message that Sisko sends to his son Jake from inside the Celestial Temple after joining the Prophets there (S07E25 “What You Leave Behind”). Jake publishes the message and adds a prologue from his own per ..read more
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T’Pol’s Book Club #5: Best of All Possible Worlds
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by The Crew
2M ago
Have you ever read an original novel and thought: Hey, that sounds like fanfiction – and meant it as a genuine compliment? If so, you may have been reading a little too much fanfiction (or not enough). Either way, this is how I felt about The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord. Written in 2014, it’s a story about a mysterious, telepathic, emotionally controlled species called the Sadiri, who, after losing their planet to a genocidal attack, seek refuge on Cygnus Beta, a melting-pot world inspired by the author’s native Barbados. Cygnian government official Grace Delarua and her Sadiri c ..read more
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“Author, Author” and AI in the 2023 Writers’ Strike
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by The Crew
2M ago
  One of the most fascinating things about Star Trek is how prescient it can be when it comes to technology. One era’s science fiction becomes another’s science fact, often in surprising ways. The Star Trek: Voyager episode “Author, Author”, in which the Doctor, an artificial intelligence, fights for creative control of his holonovel, was written in 2001. No one could have known that 22 years later, the Writers’ Guild of America would launch a 148-day strike that, among other things such as more financial security, won them the right not to have AI write their scripts for them. From this ..read more
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4 Minor Characters of Color to Celebrate
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by The Crew
3M ago
Star Trek premiered during the civil rights era and often pushed the envelope by showing a future where people of different ethnicities and members of different species joined together to explore space. At a time when roles for people of color in media were limited, sometimes the side characters in Star Trek end up being more impactful than anyone could have thought.   I thought it was time to shout out some of the awesome characters of color on Star Trek, focusing on characters with one appearance in the alpha canon (some reappear in beta canon, but not all). Some writers still have ..read more
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What does it mean to have gender stereotypes in Trek’s utopia?
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by The Crew
4M ago
Star Trek has a history of challenging racial and ethnic stereotypes, yet gender stereotypes seem to persistently appear in the franchise into the modern era. From the male command bias in many of the early series to how many women are written through gender-specific lenses, Star Trek episodes can reveal subtle and other not-so-subtle gender stereotypes. Does this imply that even as other stereotypes are overturned, gender stereotypes will follow Starfleet into space? Please note that this is not an exhaustive examination of every character where gender stereotypes seemed to harm the character ..read more
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“The Lorelei Signal”: A Hidden Trek Gem
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by The Crew
4M ago
If my legacy is “that weird lady who defends The Animated Series,” so be it. Just like its predecessor, TAS was made on a miniscule budget and it showed. Yet for all the weird color choices—the Barbie movie probably stole some of the pink from the Kzinti—or instances when the same voice actors playing multiple characters had entire scenes where they talked to themselves, it pushed the envelope. It took risks with episodes set on aquaplanets, new alien designs not possible in the physical series, adult storytelling where children learn about the loss of a pet, and even an episode where the very ..read more
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Book Review – Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier
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by Jarrah Hodge
9M ago
From the publisher: Unlike works that focus on a limited number of stories/media in this franchise or only offer one expert’s or discipline’s insights, this accessible and multidisciplinary anthology includes analyses from a wide range of scholars and explores ‘Star Trek’ from its debut in 1966 to its current incarnations, considers its implications for and collaborations with fandom, and trace its ideas and meanings across series, media, and time. ‘Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier’ will undoubtedly speak to academics in the field, students in the classroom, and informed lay rea ..read more
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SNW Recap s2e5: “Charades”
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by Sue
9M ago
Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Spock and T’Pring got engaged.  But he’s been struggling to control his emotions, and may be developing feelings for Nurse Chapel.  Chapel, though, had decided to apply to an archeological medicine fellowship on Vulcan, which would take her off the ship for a few months. The Enterprise is headed to the Vulcan system to survey the moon of Kerkhov, which was once home to an ancient civilization – long range scans show evidence of an anomaly just above the surface, which might lead them to some answers about what happened to the Kerkhovians ..read more
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What Q’s Interactions with Picard and Janeway say about Gender and Sexuality
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by The Crew
9M ago
Q is known for interfering with various Starfleet captains, but interpretations of how Q interacts with Captains Picard and Janeway shows a double standard at play. His treatment of Picard is sometimes treated as more playful and humorous while his treatment of Janeway is usually treated as stalking and creepy. Yet he employes nearly the same techniques with both of them: manipulation, smugness, and more. The weird powerplay between Picard and Q is seen as less sexual than with Janeway and Q. Q himself seems to view both of them differently—Picard is a rival he wants to defeat and Janeway is ..read more
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